MINUTES
Faculty Senate Executive Committee
Monday, May 24, 2010, 3:30 p.m.
Union Room 213
Present: Anderson, Hughey, Knopp, LeHew, Moser, Ransom, Reeck,
Starkey, Sump, Van Horn, Vontz
Absent: Bloodgood, Cauble, Devore, Reynolds, Rintoul, Urton
Proxies: Blair, Dodd, Haub, Hoag
Visitors: Al Cochran, Fred Guzek
1. Past President LeHew called the meeting to order at 3:34 p.m.
2. The April 26, 2010 Executive Committee minutes were approved with the correction of the
spelling of Jeffrey Morris to Jeffery Morris.
3. Reports from Standing Committees and Student Senate
A. Academic Affairs Committee – Daniel Moser
1. Items for June Faculty Senate consent agenda – pages 3-4
Moser moved that items on pages 2 – 3 be included on the June Faculty Senate consent
agenda. Motion carried. Moser reported that the K-State 8 proposal will not be
brought to the floor of Faculty Senate until the assessment portion has been developed.
Vicki Clegg asked for departments to review their tagged courses and determine how
current programs do (or do not) meet new K-State 8 requirements. The majority of
departments had responded and indicated tagging was appropriate. K-State 8
requirements will be effective no earlier than Fall 2011. The process of assessment for
the program is a concern.
2. Discussion items – new curriculum programs
Moser announced that the Minor and Certificate in African studies does not need to be
placed on the agenda at this time and will most likely return at an early fall meeting.
Master of Technology – Attachment 1
Moser moved that the Master of Technology be placed on the June FS discussion
agenda. Motion carried. After no objection, it was decided the other two programs list
below could be placed on the agenda with one motion.
Concurrent B.S. & M.S. Horticulture Degree Program – Attachment 2
Urban Food Systems Specialization - M.S. in Horticulture – – Attachment 3
Moser moved that the B.S. & M.S. Horticulture Degree Program and the Specialization
in the M.S. in Horticulture be placed on the June FS discussion agenda. Motion
carried.
Minor and Certificate program in African Studies – Attachment 4
This item was not acted on.
B. Faculty Affairs Committee – Judy Hughey/Kaleen Knopp
1. Hughey reported there were no items to be brought forward for this meeting or to add to
the Faculty Senate agenda. Faculty Affairs has recommended minor adjustments to
Appendix G. The adjustments correct inconsistencies that became apparent after
Appendix G was used a couple of times. Currently Faculty Affairs is waiting for
FS Exec Minutes 5‐24‐10 Page 1 communication from Provost Office regarding the changes. The intent is to be able to
bring the revisions to the Faculty Senate floor in early Fall.
C. Faculty Senate Committee on Technology – Dave Rintoul
No report.
D. Faculty Senate Committee on University Planning – Tom Vontz
Nothing to report.
E. Student Senate – Kyle Reynolds
No report.
4. Announcements
A. President/Faculty Senate Leadership Council
LeHew reported that the first reading of the tuition increase proposals from the six schools
was held at the last BOR meeting. They questioned why we report the three percent
increase and $10 fee separately. President Schulz and Student Body President Unruh did a
good job of describing the process used to determine the percent increase needed and the
benefit of being able to communicate to constituents that the $10 fee is used to enhance
student experience w/in their particular college.
The Kansas State University Faculty Senate Resolution on Dependent/Spouse Tuition
Assistance Task Force Report, which was approved at the last Faculty Senate meeting, is
on President Schulz’s desk. President Schulz had a positive response to the plan which
has a good chance of moving forward. An end of year summary was sent to the BOR and
included several bulleted requests for their support. One bullet requests implementation of
a unified dependent/spouse tuition waiver for the six Regent’s schools. The goal is to get
K-State’s tuition waiver implemented this year and develop a unified waiver proposal for
KBOR in the next year. There are some challenges: two Regent’s schools offer a full
tuition waiver to dependents/spouses and they would likely be unwilling to reduce that
benefit. One thought is to establish a minimum number of hours that could be waived.
B. Caucus Chair reports
No reports.
5. New Business
A. Faculty Senate and Presidential committee appointments and recommendations –
Attachment 5
LeHew explained the process used to develop recommendations. The number of names
requested for the President’s committees is generally higher than what is actually needed.
An effort was made to comply with the number requested but it was not always possible.
Some volunteers indicated a willingness to serve on more than one committee. No
concerns were brought forward regarding the recommendations. Young moved to accept
the recommendations as submitted. Knopp seconded the motion. Motion carried.
B. Unclassified Ombudsperson appointment – Top selections
The list of applicants was sent out with a request to identify your top two to three who will
then be interviewed by a committee consisting of representatives from the Faculty Senate
Executive Committee and possibly a past ombudsperson. There are three ombudsperson
positions, two faculty and one unclassified professional, each serving a three year term
which is set up on a rotation schedule. The position being filled is the unclassified
professional. The top two candidates were voted on by the committee. Please let Candace
FS Exec Minutes 5‐24‐10 Page 2 know if you are interested in sitting on the interview committee.
6. For the Good of the University
Three candidates for the Olathe Deanship will be on campus for interviews this week.
7. The meeting adjourned at 4:08 p.m.
Next meeting: August 30, 2010; 3:30 p.m., Union room 213
FS Exec Minutes 5‐24‐10 Page 3 ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Course and Curriculum Changes – Proposed consent agenda items
A. Approve to place the following undergraduate and graduate course and curriculum items
as well as the graduation list additions on the June Faculty Senate consent agenda (refer to
approval sheets for further details)::
1. Undergraduate course and curriculum changes:
COURSE CHANGES AND ADDITIONS:
College of Arts & Sciences (April 15, 2010 approval sheets)
COURSE CHANGES:
American Ethnic Studies
Add:
AMETH 556 Multicultural Psychology
Department of History
Changes to:
HIST 588 Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
Add:
HIST 300 Introduction to Historical Thinking
HIST 559 History of Aztecs, Inca, and Maya
Women’s Studies
Add:
WOMST 321 Latina’s Life Stories
WOMST 345 Women & Aging: Looking at Multicultural Female Aging Through
a Gendered Lens
CURRICULUM CHANGES:
Department of History
Changes to History major:
Add HIST 300 to Professional courses. Change additional courses from 6 credits
to 3 credits to accommodate for HIST 300 being added.
Department of Geography
Changes to the Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (NRES)
Secondary Major:
Add GEOG 360 in list of available Social Sciences/Humanities courses.
2. Graduate course and curriculum changes approved by the Graduate Council on May
4, 2010 (parentheses indicate page number the change can be located on in the grad council agenda):
COURSE CHANGES:
College of Agriculture (March 23, 2010 approval sheets)
AGRON 660 Range Research Techniques (17)
ENTOM 732 Introduction to Plant Resistance of Pests (17)
GRSC 601 Practicum in Bakery Science (17)
GRSC 620 Extrusion Processing for Feed and Food Industries (18)
GRSC 680 Milling Science II (18)
GRSC 681 Milling Science II Laboratory (18)
GRSC 684 Milling Processing Technology Management (19)
GRSC 637 Baking Science II (19)
GRSC 638 Baking Science II Lab (19)
GRSC 690 Feed Technology II (20)
FS Exec Minutes 5‐24‐10 Page 4 PLPTH 732 Introduction to Plant Resistance to Pests (20)
COURSE ADDITIONS:
College of Agriculture (March 23, 2010 approval sheets)
AGRON 661 Grassland Monitoring and Assessment Lab (23)
AGRON 685 Tropical Soil Management (23)
AGRON 706 Remote Sensing of the Environment (23)
AGRON 732 Introduction to Plant Resistance to Pests (23)
GRSC 656 Pneumatic Conveying of Dry Solids (24)
GRSC 691 Faculty-Led Study Abroad (24)
GRSC 920 Professional Development in Grain Science (24)
HORT 691 Urban Agriculture (24)
HORT 692 Urban Food Production Practicum (24)
College of Arts & Sciences (April 15, 2010 approval sheets)
ART 616 3D Animation in Graphic Design (24)
GEOG 740 Fluvial Geomorphology (25)
GEOG 837 Political Ecology of Land Cover Change (25)
POLSC 601 Topics in Political Science (25)
College of Technology & Aviation (April 2, 2010 approval sheets)
COT 632 RF Technology (25)
COT 650 Analytical and Computational Tools for Engineering Technology (25)
COT 661 Airport Planning and Management (26)
COT 701 Advanced Technical Communication (26)
COT 702 Applied Research Skills and Methods (26)
COT 713 Advanced Aviation Safety Management (26)
COT 720 Application of Lean Six Sigma Methods (26)
COT 721 Reliability Centered Maintenance of Plant Equipment (26)
COT 731 Applied Electromagnetics (27)
COT 781 Capstone Experience for Professional Master of Technology (27)
COT 792 Problems in Professional Master of Technology (27)
COT 799 Special Topics in Professional Master of Technology (27)
CURRICULUM CHANGES:
College of Education (March 23 and April 27, 2010 approval sheets)
MS in EDLEA (29)
EdD in EDLEA (30)
EdD in EDLEA (KSU-WU Collaborative Program) (31-32) (April 27 sheets)
Graduate School (April 9, 2010 approval sheets)
MS in Food Science (33-34)
College of Agriculture (March 23, 2010 approval sheets)
Graduate Certificate in Horticultural Therapy (35)
GRADUATION ADDITIONS:
December 2009
Abdul Said Herrera, Bachelor of Science, College of Arts and Sciences
Steven Phillip Schuster, Bachelor of Science, College of Engineering
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